SpaceX hit by surging AI costs as insiders prepare to sell their shares
•SpaceX's AI-related capital expenditures have surged to $15.8 billion, exceeding investor expectations.
•Despite reporting strong revenues from its Starlink service, investor concerns about high spending led to a 5% drop in stock after hours.
•The company remains valued over $1 trillion, even after experiencing significant fluctuations in its stock price.
Business NewsSpaceX hit by surging AI costs as insiders prepare to sell their sharesCapital expenditures related to its xAI unit, which runs the Grok service, hit $15.8 billion, more than double what they were in the first quarter.Listen to this article with a free profile00:0000:00Elon Musk, founder of Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX), on screen during the company's initial public offering at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York in June. Adam Gray / Bloomberg via Getty Images fileShareAdd NBC News to GoogleAug. 4, 2026, 4:55 PM EDTBy Rob WileFor a rocket company, SpaceX is spending a lot of money to build out its AI capacities.Too much, according to investors. The company reported revenues and earnings in its first-ever quarterly update as a public company that the surpassed analysts’ expectations. Most of its revenues came from its Starlink satellite offering. But investor focus turned to capital expenditures related to its xAI unit, which runs the Grok AI service. Those hit $15.8 billion, higher than expectations of $13.09 billion, according to Bloomberg News data. The spending also comprised most of SpaceX’s overall $18.4 billion quarterly spending on cap-ex.The report caused SpaceX shares to reverse a healthy run-up during regular trading hours Tuesday. The stock fell some 5% in trading after the closing bell, after having surged 9% earlier. Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Patrick Pleul / AFP via Getty Images fileSpaceX immediately became a multi-trillion-dollar company after a record-setting IPO on June 12 — but nearly just as quickly, it erased $1 trillion in value as the stock plunged amid anticipation of insider stock sales and broader jitters about the pace of AI spending.Still, the company continues to enjoy a market valuation of more than $1 trillion, making it one of the most valuable companies in the world. The stock got an additional boost Tuesday after announcing a new deal with Nvidia that will see it provide SpaceX with additional computing pow...المصدر: NBC News | Source: NBC News
→SpaceX's AI-related capital expenditures have surged to $15.8 billion, exceeding investor expectations.
→Despite reporting strong revenues from its Starlink service, investor concerns about high spending led to a 5% drop in stock after hours.
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